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Leslie Vinjamuri

6 months

The leading contenders to be the next U.S. president present a choice between two radically different visions for the future world order. One seeks to reform the multilateral framework. The second sees the order as antithetical to U.S. interests.

What Another Trump-Biden Showdown Means for the World

Potential effects on the U.S. commitment to multilateralism, climate change, Taiwan, and more.

foreignpolicy.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

20 days

London does have its moments.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

The fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first woman and also the first Jew to lie in state at the US Capitol is a sign of how far we have come and how far we have to go.

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2 years

The three cities with the highest gun homicide rates — Jackson, Miss.; Gary, Ind.; and St. Louis — had rates double that of Chicago’s or more. All are in states with more permissive gun laws than Illinois.

Fact-Checking Trump and Cruz at the N.R.A. Convention (Published 2022)

The former president and the Texas senator made inaccurate or misleading claims about the efficacy of gun restrictions, gun ownership trends and school shootings.

www.nytimes.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

Best NYC tweet by a country mile. And there are many at the moment.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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5 years

I am thankful for the London Underground team that made the effort to write this up. Happy Thanksgiving all.

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4 years

‘Joe Biden last week won 16% of the nation’s counties, but those counties account for 70% of the nation’s economic activity, Brookings analysts report. By contrast, President Trump won 84% of counties, accounting for less than 30% of GDP.’

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

1 year

The pod apparently fell into the Atlantic largely intact, Thus, from an intelligence standpoint, Pentagon officials believe that the strange week-long balloon voyage was ultimately of more benefit to the United States than to China.

Opinion | The inside story of how the U.S. shot down the Chinese balloon

A Pentagon official with firsthand knowledge of the event provides details about Saturday's mission, but plenty of secrets, and mysteries, remain.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Germany will make concrete proposals to Biden on next steps for transatlantic cooperation on China, climate and the pandemic. And so it begins @hanskundnani

Noah Barkin

@noahbarkin

4 years

Significant - German Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas says Berlin will make “concrete proposals” to the Biden administration on how transatlantic partners can work together on 1) China 2) climate 3) pandemic

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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5 months

Several days surrounded by the leading thinkers in India is a reminder of the stark contrast between Europe and India on the Trump factor. No one I spoke to in India expressed any concern about the outcome of the US election.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

10 months

As the world turns its gaze towards India and the G20, remember what Foreign Minister said at the T20 Summit in Mysore this July. The G20 is about getting India ready for the world, and getting the world ready for India.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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5 months

Travelling back to London from Munich. A few thoughts. Emerging sense that Munich Security Conference needs to engage the Global South, but is at a loss as to how to do it (or what to name it)

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

1 year

From the author (with Steven Levitsky) of How Democracies Die

Daniel Ziblatt

@dziblatt

1 year

CNN putting Donald Trump on the air for hours before an adoring and applauding crowd is recklessness on an unbelievable scale.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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11 months

A sensational conclusion to India’s T20 Summit at Mysore Palace with ⁦ @samirsaran ⁩, Chair, ⁦ @T20org ⁩ and our host (and a phenomenal master of ceremony to boot)

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

This was an extraordinary set of comments, just after CNN called the election for Joe Biden. You must listen to this.

Gavin Newsom

@GavinNewsom

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"It's easier to be a parent this morning, it's easier to be a dad. It's easier to tell your kids character matters, it matters. Telling the truth matters. Being a good person matters."

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

29 days

It’s far less stressful to follow European politics

Aaron Rupar

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29 days

I'm going to put together a thread covering Trump's rally in Las Vegas. Follow along for clips and commentary 👇

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

Initial data on protests in the US. The protests are overwhelmingly nonviolent. The scale of protests is unprecedented. They have taken place in all 50 states, in cities but also in small conservative towns, many places have seen more than one per day.

Analysis | The Floyd protests are the broadest in U.S. history — and are spreading to white,...

Here's how that will influence the November election -- and future policy.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Freedom House issues a warning about the 2020 Presidential election after voters waited in line for hours at yesterday’s primary and absentee ballots failed to arrive in Georgia (a key state in the November election).

Freedom House

@freedomhouse

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The United States should urgently take action to ensure a credible general election in November.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Quite extraordinary but true, it is now *too late* to vote by mail. And all voters in all states are now advised to vote in person or take their ballots to recognised drop-boxes and government offices. The US Postal Service isn’t moving fast enough to deliver newly posted ballots

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

I have been thinking about this a lot. It is also a period when the US begins to get darker and colder and the virus may not yet be under control. We are all focused on the November 3 election but Nov 4th to January 20th is a time for vigilance.

Brian Klaas

@brianklaas

4 years

Even if Trump loses, the period between November 4th and January 20th is going to be incredibly dangerous for American democracy.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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11 months

A very warm and traditional welcome to Bangalore, on my way to the T20 Summit in Mysore

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Three takeaways. The rural-urban divide is stark, and the battle for voters is in the suburbs, the umbrella terms 'Blacks', 'Asians', and 'Latinos' no longer capture voting patterns. And, detailed data on demographic groups is only available next year.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

Stunned to hear new Freedom House figures that only 20% of the world’s population now live in Free countries. The struggle to defend Ukraine is a struggle also for a way of life that is at risk nearly everywhere, that must be defended, that must not be taken for granted.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

1 year

I stopped by the Raisina fellows dinner and could see this is a Foreign Minister who understands the importance of the next generation…. @samirsaran @orfonline and #RaisinaDialogue2023 all standout for investment in young professionals. A wise nation looks after its young.

Hatice Çelik

@hatice_lik

1 year

Foreign Minister of India @DrSJaishankar at the dinner with Raisina Fellows and alumni. Thank you @orfonline and @samirsaran for this year's program of #Raisina2023

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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2 years

Biden’s highest ratings are among Black voters (78% approve of his job), Latinos (52%), urban voters (50%) and women (48%) Biden’s lowest numbers are among suburban voters (43%), men (38%), white voters (37%), rural voters (29%) and independents (28%)

Democrats catch up to GOP on enthusiasm in final NBC News poll before midterms

But voters remain sour on Biden, the economy and the nation’s direction.

www.nbcnews.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Omaha.

Dave Wasserman

@Redistrict

4 years

The battleground that's shifted the most against Trump from '16 to '20 so far (8.7%)? Nebraska's 2nd District.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

9 months

We are delighted to announce that @JulianVenturaV has been appointed an Associate Fellow on the US and Americas programme @ChathamHouse . Julian was previously Mexico’s Deputy Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Under Secretary for North America, and Amb to China and the UK.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

6 months

Intelligent piece by @howserob on the ICJ case. The genocide convention is concerned ‘above all with prevention’.

Opinion: How the International Court of Justice can hold Israel accountable in Gaza

South Africa made compelling arguments in its case charging Israel with genocide in Gaza. But the court should also weigh the ongoing threat of Hamas.

www.latimes.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

22 days

Not skipping a beat. High level US India meetings continue post India election, as they will after the U.S. elections. Fewer relationships are less subject to partisan politics than the U.S. and India.

Dr. S. Jaishankar

@DrSJaishankar

22 days

Delighted to welcome US NSA @JakeSullivan46 in New Delhi today morning. A comprehensive discussion on a broad range of bilateral, regional and global issues. Confident that India-US strategic partnership will continue to advance strongly in our new term. 🇮🇳 🇺🇸

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

Intelligent by ⁦⁦ @Freedland ⁩. What supporters of ‘defund the police’ meant and what voters heard were not the same thing. (The only time I had to manage an extended family conflict was on this. Not a good slogan.) Obama is right, words matter.

Obama’s given the left a vital lesson in how to talk – and how not to | Jonathan Freedland

With his critique of the ‘Defund the police’ slogan, the former president has offered precious advice to the Democrats and Labour alike, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Biden announces he would deploy the military to build hospitals to cope with the Coronavirus. Really only one issue and it is focusing minds in the country and across the world. #DemocraticDebate

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

‘Only six states — Florida, Washington, Vermont, California, Illinois and Hawaii — have increased the minimum purchase age for long guns to 21, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The majority did so following the 2018 massacre in Parkland, Florida’

Sewell Chan

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We explained why an 18-year-old in Texas can buy an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, but not a handgun or a can of beer.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

Extraordinary. Georgia.

tom keene

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4 years

In 2016, 22 percent of Georgia’s eligible voters were not registered. This year, that figure stood at 2 percent. @kevinschaul

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

A useful chart. Why Trump doesn’t like the budget proposal. #CNN

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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5 months

@raisinadialogue No real or at least no urgent sense that the lives of more than 1 million innocent people in Rafah are on the brink and many of those most able to influence this outcome were gathered in Munich. Best panel on this and brilliantly moderated by @malloch_brown not well attended

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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3 years

India, Israel, the UAE and the US form a new Quad

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

6 years

I cannot say how much I am looking forward to this. Really, there is no better time than the present - and no better place than Chatham House - to have this kind of opportunity.

Chatham House Americas

@CH_Americas

6 years

We're very pleased to announce that Leslie Vinjamuri ( @londonvinjamuri ) will be taking up the role of Head of the US and the Americas Programme and Dean of @QEII_Academy on Monday. Please join us in welcoming Leslie!

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

3 years

President Biden writes about his trip to Europe. One of the most striking things about this piece is that he chose to publish it at home, not in Europe. In travelling abroad, the audience is domestic.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

7 years

A stunning silence from the UK it seems (?) on US exit from Paris.

Robert Falkner | @robertfalkner.bsky.social

@robert_falkner

7 years

Sad day for UK diplomacy: #Newsnight reports Theresa May chose not to sign Europ. statement against Trump withdrawal from #ParisAgreement .

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

No doubt, the pressure on India to get off the fence is going to continue to grow. Including this from the FT editors.. India’s disappointing silence over Ukraine

India’s disappointing silence over Ukraine

New Delhi’s decision not to speak out against Russia could imperil US relations

www.ft.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

1 year

Kaja Kallas Prime Minister, Republic of Estonia makes powerful statement about role of history and absence of accountability in making dictatorship possible — compares Russia’s absence of accountability to Germany’s history of accountability.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

3 years

ALERT. We have now entered the two-week zone where London and New York are four hours apart (not five) One of the most disorienting times in the annual calendar for anyone London based working with Americans.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Brilliant piece. “Elections are rarely, in the end, decided by the famous. Winning them takes an endless army of anonymous people, and this year they showed up.”

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

5 months

@raisinadialogue @malloch_brown Possible failing of Munich may be a broader failing of Europe which is inability (lack of desire?) to move beyond a world of elites.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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6 years

“The departure of Mattis from govt service is proof that you cannot have it all. You have to walk if you are to remain the human being you were..before you went in. In the end, he could not do his job and serve the country as he knew it had to be served.”

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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2 years

“When I came to the House there were 12 Democratic women, now there are 90.. and we want more” Nancy Pelosi

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

1 year

A lot to reflect on here. Important piece by @KoriSchake @WarOnTheRocks

Defanging Russian Nuclear Threats - War on the Rocks

It will have been easy to miss with all the excitement of a mutiny by the Wagner Group marching unhindered hundreds of miles toward Moscow, but Russian

warontherocks.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

10 years

This puts British critiques of American imperialism in perspective Countries never invaded by Britain (all 22 ..) http://t.co/NRy8oAnY5X”

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@londonvinjamuri

3 years

It has been a long time since the US government has moved so swiftly and decisively to call out Russia in this way. An important and welcome change is afoot.

Jake Sullivan

@jakejsullivan

3 years

Mr. Navalny should be immediately released, and the perpetrators of the outrageous attack on his life must be held accountable. The Kremlin’s attacks on Mr. Navalny are not just a violation of human rights, but an affront to the Russian people who want their voices heard.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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1 year

This is not the first time the ICC has issued an arrest warrant of a sitting head of state during an ongoing conflict. And it will eventually raise many of the same issues as it has before

The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Putin. (Published 2023)

www.nytimes.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

3 years

Glad to see @BBCJonSopel keeping this issue alive. It's really unspeakably bad and damaging policy. The borders between the USA and the UK can and should be opened sensibly.

Jon Sopel

@jonsopel

3 years

As ⁦ @BorisJohnson ⁩ flies in, a question: Why is Biden still keeping nearly all Britons out of America?

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

10 months

Reminds me of a comment I heard a few years ago in Berlin, on the election of Donald Trump ‘the rest of the world will give America a pass once (but not twice) ’ for making that choice

Susan Glasser

@sbg1

10 months

Sure it’s an outlier. But look at all the other polls — at best Biden is essentially tied with Donald Trump, the four times indicted insurrrectionist who is running on a platform of personal revenge and says he is willing to terminate the Constitution.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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5 years

Very exciting news for @ChathamHouse as we launch our Latin America Initiative. Dr Chris Sabatini, internationally recognised expert on Latin America’s economic development, democracy and foreign policy, will play leading role as Senior Research Fellow. @ChrisSabatini

Christopher Sabatini

@ChrisSabatini

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It’s official. I’ll be senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House London starting August 5. From there I will continue to work with my rocking team GlobalAmericans on exciting new projects & teaching at Columbia. Exciting.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

November isn’t about Democrats vs Republicans or about policy. It is about what kind of democracy we want. Whether we value science and facts. And above all what our expectations are for decency from the Presidency. These are not partisan issues.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

No doubt this is a grave, constitutional moment in British politics. But I am wary the Trump comparison. When you see men and women breaking the glass, climbing through the windows of Parliament, violently pushing police to the ground, the PM inciting them to insurrection..

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

3 years

The appeal of the unicorn has been drastically underestimated.

Barry Edwards

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3 years

@redalphababe I can't remember where I first saw this but it sums up the issue in one diagram. Also for @WayneMarlow7 @RobinNiblett and @BBCNewsnight .

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

Democracy in America: next generation politics with @davidhogg111 co-founder March For Our Lives, @dellavolpe (author of Fight) and our @QEII_Academy fellow Gabriella Cook Francis @gabriellacookfrancis recording is now available.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

5 months

By contrast, it felt like there wasn’t a single conversation at the Munich Security Conference in which the US election didn’t at some point feature (often it dominated)

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

Devastated to learn of the unexpected death of my friend, Professor Jon Western, the Five College Professor of International Relations. From the beginning, Jon was both a moral and intellectual leader among the PhD students at Columbia. His careful judgment set the tone among us.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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1 year

February walk to work

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

5 years

I feel very honoured to be appointed a Marshall Commissioner. There are few things I am as passionate about as the kind of educational opportunity and enduring links between the US and the U.K. that the Marshall Scholarships make possible.

Appointment of new Commissioners to the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission

New Commissioners have been appointed to the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission.

www.gov.uk

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

COP27: India can’t be expected to pay for climate sins of the West. ⁦ @samirsaran ⁩ articulates well the very powerful critique that is coming from the Global South.

COP27: India can’t be expected to pay for climate sins of the West

The 27th Conference of Parties — COP27 — is once again the subject of enormous expectations. Will countries meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt be able to go beyond talk? Climate disasters are...

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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3 years

“There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.” Liz Cheney, Republican. Wyoming.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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5 years

Sir Kim Darroch's decision to resign will cut short otherwise endless hours, weeks, and months of highly corrosive and endlessly distracting politics between Washington and London. But a huge shame and definite setback to lose such a distinguished Ambassador in this post.

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2 years

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Samantha Power

@PowerUSAID

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NEW: @POTUS just announced at #UNGA that in response to the global food crisis, the US will provide over $2.9 billion in new assistance to address food insecurity.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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9 months

Telling people to evacuate absent a clear plan for where they can go or how they can get there does not meet any standard for protecting civilians.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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2 years

Happy New Year London. Sending love… from Patagonia.

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3 years

One article in @guardian by @Freedland and one in the @FT cite an early snapshot YouGov v early quick poll taken during events at the Capitol (45% of Republicans supported the rioters). Both missed the recent PBS poll. 80% of Republicans and 96% of Democrats opposed these events

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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4 years

Bloomberg and the NYT report that Biden has chosen Tony Blinken as Secretary of State. We recently hosted @ABlinken at @ChathamHouse to talk with @PeterWestmacott about US foreign policy in a post Covid world. You can watch the round table discussion here.

Webinar: US Foreign Policy in a Post COVID-19 World

Tony Blinken, US Deputy Secretary of State 2015 – 17, speaks with Sir Peter Westmacott about the impact of COVID-19 and the 2020 US presidential elections on America’s global role.

www.chathamhouse.org

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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2 years

Biden’s team is not slowing down for the holiday season. U.S. widens ban on military and surveillance tech sales to China

U.S. widens ban on military and surveillance tech sales to China

The Commerce Department added 36 entities to a U.S. export blacklist, including one of China’s largest chipmakers.

www.washingtonpost.com

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2 years

Surely the biggest news of the day. And timed just before the announcement of the new UK Prime Minister. Russia won’t be sending gas to Europe until the “collective West” lift sanctions.

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1 year

Unfortunately for those of us who were in attendance at this session, I suspect we all recognized that he was not in fact humiliated and carried a significant part of the audience much of the time @ianbremmer this one clip but doesn’t capture the overall tenor of the session

ian bremmer

@ianbremmer

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understandable schadenfreude: indian audience laughs at russian foreign minister’s face for the regime’s lies about ukraine. but we have a serious problem. russia humiliated on the global stage…and putin’s gotten himself in an ugly and dangerous corner.

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8 years

Hina Khar fmr foreign minister Pakistan. Interventions create more mess than ones they try to fix #LondonConference

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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3 years

RIP Robert Jervis. Scholar, teacher, mentor, friend. Always there and always engaged, till the end. He has left us, but his writings, and his memory, will be with us forever.

Tanisha Fazal

@tanishafazal

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RIP Bob Jervis (1940-2021). Those of us who knew you were fortunate to benefit from your humor, wisdom, and unbounded intellectual curiosity. We will all miss the constant twinkle in your eyes.

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Roland Paris, world class scholar and former Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins the Americas Programme at Chatham House. Tremendously impt to have leading Canadian voice join our team at this point in history. I am delighted. @rolandparis @ChathamHouse

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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Sitting at the Doha Forum listening to Russia FM Lavrov talk about multilateralism as the ‘objective course of history’ and critiquing the U.S. for its hypocrisy. We are really not at a great moment in this world today, on Human Rights Day.

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7 years

Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Is Denounced by 134 Foreign Policy Experts

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All ten living former Secretaries of Defense have written a letter declaring the election over, calling for a peaceful transition of power, and reminding us that civilian and military officials are accountable for their actions. My comment with @RobynCurnowCNN

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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5 months

Listen to our panel on John Ikenberry’s “three worlds” and the future of the liberal international order with Mick Cox, John Ikenberry, @AyseZarakol , Rohan Mukherjee and me

The three worlds: does the liberal order have a future?

This event focused on whether increasing strategic competition is dividing world politics and does the liberal order have a future in a dividing world?

www.lse.ac.uk

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3 years

London. Lovely even during lockdown.

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2 years

We must all follow Dartmouth: Dartmouth moves forward with emergency graduate admissions for the displaced Ukrainian scholars.

Yuliya Komska 🇺🇦

@ykomska

2 years

We’re moving very quickly here at Dartmouth with emergency graduate admissions for the displaced Ukrainian scholars. This is often the most flexible, the least bureaucratic line of admissions with precedents. I encourage you to do this. We’re also working on undergrad & faculty.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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Tremendously encouraging to hear news of the very, very strong student interest in studying Politics and International Relations @SOAS this year. A real sign that young people understand the value of globalism and diversity. And also how much is at stake in politics today...

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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Dominant focus on struggle to defend Ukraine and what will be the future of US transatlantic engagement. Uneasy balance and positioning between Ukraine and the war in the Middle East. At times vying for attention. Very few trying to connect the dots between these two major wars.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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@raisinadialogue US officials more confused than ever as ever as to who they are and who they wish to be in a transatlantic context. Junior Nebraska Senator (my home state) unwittingly drew an equivalence between defense of Ukraine and U.S. Southern Border migration crisis

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

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@Chietigj @samirsaran @orfonline At a time when the world’s most powerful nation has one political party that is turning its back and it’s followers on internationalism, the ambition to bring people across a nation on board an agenda defined by climate, women, and widening digital access is an admirable.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

What every American living in Europe will not find surprising.

Adam Tooze

@adam_tooze

2 years

Americans are wildly overoptimistic about chances of upward social mobility. Europeans are pessimistic. Actual mobility higher in Europe than in the US.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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Farewell Ambassador Ventura ⁦ @JulianVenturaV ⁩. We ⁦ @ChathamHouse ⁩ have valued your enthusiasm and your tremendous support. We wish you the very best of luck in your role as Mexico’s new Deputy Foreign Minister.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

6 years

"Trump is becoming politically toxic in Europe. Nobody wants to be seen smiling with him..." great piece by @StevenErlanger . With some important facts, for example that of the $603 bn that the US spends on defense, only $31bn goes to Europe.

Amid the Trumpian Chaos, Europe Sees a Strategy: Divide and Conquer (Published 2018)

President Trump badgers and breaks protocol, but Europe faces a dilemma: It can’t get along with him and can’t get along without the United States.

www.nytimes.com

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Biden and Sanders both stress need to bring the world together, learn from the experiences of China, push forward with international coordination.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 years

Today, my heart is in Huntington Beach, California where my son, Alex Wright, is running his first marathon…

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Oh my god.

Decision Desk HQ

@DecisionDeskHQ

4 years

Decision Desk HQ projects that @JoeBiden has won Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral college votes for a total of 273. Joe Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States of America. Race called at 11-06 08:50 AM EST All Results:

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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As the @ChathamHouse London Conference draws to a close, a shout out to my all time top of the charts colleague and friend Kamil Hussein, deputy director external relations, who will be leaving us after a decade during which we literally could not have done it without him.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

7 years

Economist Intelligence Unit has downgraded US. United States now ranked in category "flawed democracy" @stephenWalt

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

3 years

Read the first in our new @ChathamHouse series America’s Global Role: The View from Abroad The road back to effective multilateralism: A view from Mexico by @JulianVenturaV Dep Sec of Foreign Affairs (2019-2020) and Mexico's UK Ambassador (2017-2019)

The road back to effective multilateralism: A view from Mexico by Julian Ventura

This article is part of the series America’s Global Role: The View from Abroad

americas.chathamhouse.org

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

5 years

Not every day that John Mearsheimer, Margaret MacMillan, Lawrence Freedman and Anand Menon speak @ChathamHouse . But it is that kind of day today. First up is : The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams vs International Realities via @ChathamHouse

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

2 months

Thanks to @ColinKahl , Ben Rhodes @brhodes and @SanamVakil for a thoughtful discussion of US foreign policy in the Middle East. You can watch the recording of this @ChathamHouse roundtable here.

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Vice President Biden takes the lead in Georgia, and Stacey Abrams deserves a big shoutout. She founded The New Georgia Project in 2013, to register minority voters and has continued to be a leading force for widening voter participation. @ChathamHouse hosted Stacey Abrams in 2019

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

1 year

Biden’s claim that autocracies are growing weaker also a standout. At a time when most people focus on the decline of democracy globally (16 years running). Intelligent recasting of terms of the discussion. More autocracies, sure, but are they strong..

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Senator Ted Cruz calls out the attack at the Capitol as an act of terrorism, but remains absolutely silent on the role of President Trump in encouraging those involved.

Senator Ted Cruz

@SenTedCruz

4 years

The attack at the Capitol was a despicable act of terrorism and a shocking assault on our democratic system. We must come together and put this anger and division behind us. We must, and I am confident we will, have a peaceful and orderly transition of power. My full statement:

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Leslie Vinjamuri

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Happy Thanksgiving from New York City. This year I am thankful to be spending so much of my time - in person - with so many inspirational young people in the next generation @ChathamHouse @SOAS @MarshallScholar @carnegiecouncil @raisinadialogue across the US and UK and at home

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Leslie Vinjamuri

@londonvinjamuri

4 years

Tough to listen to Tony Blinken (at 14.16 on the video)describe the mechanisms the US had in place to predict and prevent spread of pandemics. The US had a robust CDC process in China, and an expert embedded with the Chinese disease control agency, all taken apart by Trump.

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